Not included in this list is Latent Autoimmune Diabetes in Adults or LADA or Type 1.5 Diabetes. Â Not all medical persons know about it or they just say type one, type 2 and some have their own names like my doctor who uses “progressing type one.” Â LADA is an autoimmune disease and it attacks the pancreas like Type one just it likes to take it’s own sweet time. Â During the “honeymoon” period it could be a short time until the person needs insulin or years. Â My doctor said the average is six years and had one patient that was able to hold off insulin for sixteen years.

My first autoimmune disease was Hashimoto’s Thyroid Disease. Â I’ve had it since 1994 when I was pregnant with my son. Â Back then you just listened to your doctor and took the pill and got frequent blood tests to see if you needed an increase in your medication. Â As far as I’ve known, my doctors have always treated the numbers and not the symptoms and there are over 300, yes THREE HUNDRED symptoms. Â Check out the list at Hypothyroid Mom.

That’s a lot of information for one day but I wanted to share some info with you. Â Thanks to the American Autoimmune Related Disease Association for having the list of Autoimmune Diseases compiled in one place and with clickable links so you can research a disease.

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So awesome of you to include LADA! Many do not know about it and even as a dietitian, I am not very familiar with it, but I have heard of it and it’s important to have more awareness for diseases that are not as well known to aid with finding better treatment for them.